batchy
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batchy¹
adjective
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Of unsound mind, crazy; lacking good sense or judgment, silly.
1926, U.K. House of Commons, Report from the Select Committee on Nursing Homes (Registration), London: H.M.S.O., p. 195,
I was speaking to the matron about different cases in her home, and she said to me, to use her own expression, that this woman was “batchy”; she meant that she was mentally affect
Similar: barmy, batty, 5150, bananas, barking, barking mad, fey, buggish, buggy, bughouse, batchy, batpoop
- Experiencing a loss of courage and self-control. […] two of them [the crew] were now temporarily incapable of either good or harm. They had gone quite “batchy” with fright, requiring a not too gentle application of the tiller to their heads in order to keep them quiet.
batchy²
Where it comes from
From bachelor + -y.
noun batchies
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An apartment consisting mainly of one large room which is the living room, dining room, and bedroom combined.
Well, they argue until in the end Brackley find himself holding on to Teena suitcase and they on the way to the little batchy he have in Golders Green at the time.
Similar: bachelor apartment, studio apartment
- An unmarried man, a bachelor; a roommate who is a fellow bachelor. For the batchies, Dr. Gieseler was on the firing line, but he weakened toward the end, after having his opponents at his mercy, and let the married men clout the ball all over the lot.
batchy³
Where it comes from
From batch + -y.
noun batchies
- A baker.
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